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Who is the present Chief Minister of Assam?

  • Biplab Kumar Deb
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma (correct)
  • P.S.Golay
  • N.Biren Singh

    • Which company has developed 'Just Walk Out', a cashier-less shopping technology?

  • e-bay
  • Flipkart
  • Amazon (correct)
  • Walmart

    • Who won the 'Best Actor Award' at the Oscars 2024?

  • Colman Domingo (correct)
  • Bradley Cooper
  • Jeffrey Wright
  • Cillian Murphy

    • Hambantota port, which was in the news, is located in which country?

    <p>Sri Lanka</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which is the strongest currency in the world according to a recent Forbes report?

    <p>Kuwaiti Dinar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is the Chief of Defence Staff of India?

    <p>Anil Chauhan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Human Rights Day is observed on December 10th in commemoration of which event?

    <p>adoption of the UDHR</p> Signup and view all the answers

    RIT Foundation v. Union of India is an important case related to which topic?

    <p>Marital Rape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the formal accusation or charge brought against someone called?

    <p>Indictment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'pro bono' imply?

    <p>For the public good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the best improvement for the sentence: 'The reason why he wrote the letter was because he could not contact him over the phone'?

    <p>Why he wrote the letter was that</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the current age of a new member added to a family whose average age was 24 five years ago but is now 22?

    <p>4 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which city experienced a devastating earthquake in 2011, resulting in a nuclear crisis due to damage to nuclear reactors?

    <p>Fukushima</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the total distance traveled by a bus that travels for 7 hours, half at 30 km/hr and half at 40 km/hr?

    <p>250 km</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of rice bags were broken if a case contains 230 bags and 145 were not broken?

    <p>36.75%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which actor played the iconic character of James Bond during the longest tenure?

    <p>Roger Moore</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the compound interest on $15,000 for two years at an interest rate of 8% per annum?

    <p>$2592</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening infection of which organ?

    <p>Liver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which planet is commonly known as the 'Red Planet'?

    <p>Mars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary cause of Hepatitis B infection?

    <p>Viral infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does perjury mean in legal terms?

    <p>Intentionally making false statements in a court of law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following international treaties is India NOT a party to?

    <p>Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which region does the General Data Protection Regulation primarily apply?

    <p>The European Union</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is the European Court of Human Rights located?

    <p>Strasbourg</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a civil action for defamation, who bears the burden of proving the truth of the defamatory matter?

    <p>The defendant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is authorized to initiate the impeachment process of the President of India?

    <p>Either House of Parliament</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the legal consequence for 'D' in the defamation case if he fails to prove his claims?

    <p>'D' would be liable for defamation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The purpose of electoral bonds is primarily related to which aspect?

    <p>Political party financing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three essential elements of trespass to chattels?

    <p>Lack of consent, actual harm, and intentional interference</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the scenario described, why may Rajesh sue Naresh for trespass to chattels?

    <p>Naresh caused actual damage to Rajesh's property.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'pendente lite' refer to in legal terms?

    <p>While the case is pending</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha as prescribed by the Constitution?

    <p>545 members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the principle of 'caveat emptor' indicate?

    <p>Let the buyer beware.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the case described with Sarah and Jack, what is Sarah's potential liability?

    <p>She is liable for negligence due to creating a hazard.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What provides grounds for the claim of trespass to chattels in Naresh's action?

    <p>Naresh did not have explicit permission to handle the logbook.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What element must be proven to establish trespass to chattels?

    <p>Actual harm must be demonstrated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first Chief Information Commissioner of India?

    <p>Wajahat Habibullah</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with the establishment of High Courts?

    <p>Article 124</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the legal doctrine of 'respondeat superior' in tort law state?

    <p>Employers are liable for the tortious acts of their employees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement accurately describes the right of minorities to establish educational institutions?

    <p>Minorities have the right to establish institutions of their choice without government obligation for aid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of the agreement between Sultana and Raziya, what is the legal status of their agreement regarding remarriage?

    <p>The agreement is void due to a complete restraint on marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the odd one out from the following list: General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, Secretariat.

    <p>International Court of Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true regarding the assertion and reason provided about minorities' educational rights?

    <p>Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle defines the validity of marriage restraints in legal agreements?

    <p>Any agreement that imposes a restraint on marriage is void.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Jamia Millia Islamia B.A.LL.B 2024 PYQ

    • Ehtesham Law 2.0 (AMU B.A.LL.B 2024-2025): 13 selections, including Ifra Ahmad (Rank 16) and Yahya Mahmood (Rank 48).
    • Ehtesham Law 2.0 (JMI B.A.LL.B 2024-2025): 15 selections, 7 in the regular batch and 8 in the self-finance batch. Notable selections include Hanzala Chaudhary (Rank 85) and Sarah Azfar (Rank 39). Other students with ranks are listed.

    Jamia Millia Islamia B.A.LL.B. Entrance Test - 2024

    • The passage details a legal conflict between a businessman (Mr. Sharma) and the city municipality regarding zoning regulations.
    • Mr. Sharma argued that the by-law limiting commercial activities in residential districts was unconstitutional and infringed on his right to conduct business.
    • The municipality asserted the by-law was essential to preserve the residential character of the area.
    • The court ruled in favor of Mr. Sharma, declaring the by-law unconstitutional, emphasizing the balance between business owners' interests and residents' quality of life.

    Questions and Answers

    • Question 1 (Passage Basis): Question options relate to the nature of city life, citizen-state disputes, and the court's intervention. Correct answer is (B) A legal dispute between a citizen and State.

    • Question 2 (Sharma's Contention): Mr. Sharma's contention was that the by-law unfairly targeted his business and violated his constitutional right to freely conduct business.

    • Question 3 (Municipality's Rationale): The municipality aimed to preserve the residential character of the neighborhood and preserve the quality of life for its residents.

    • Question 4 (Court's Ruling): The court ruled that the by-law was unconstitutional.

    • Question 5 (Judge's Emphasis): The judge emphasized the balance between business owners' and residents' interests, cautioning against overly restrictive zoning policies.

    •   Question 6 (One-Word Expression): The correct answer is Serendipity.

    • Question 7 (Political Crime): The correct answer is Treason.

    •   Question 8 (Sacrilegious Action): The correct answer is Blasphemy.

    • Question 9 (Synonym for Compulsory): The correct answer is obligatory.

    • Question 10 (Impromptu Speech): The correct answer is inspiring.

    • Question 11 (Antonym for Messy): The correct answer is neat.

    • Question 12 (Antonym for Covert): The correct answer is obvious.

    • Question 13 (Synonym for Outlay): The correct answer is expenditure.

    • Question 14 (Synonym for Momentous): The correct answer is very important.

    • Question 15 (Rub Shoulders): The correct answer is mingle.

    • Question 16 (Court Order): The correct answer is Injunction.

    • Question 17 (certificate from school): The correct answer is bona fide.

    • Question 18 (Republic Day): The correct answer is celebrated.

    • Question 19 (Prem's Situation): The correct answer is accomplice.

    • Question 20 (Love for the World): The correct answer is Philanthropy.

    •   Question 21 (Error): The correct answer is erring.

    • Question 22 (Mounting a horse): The correct answer is rode off.

    • Question 23 (Indirect Speech): The correct answer is Virat said sorry for missing the match between India and Pakistan.

    • Question 24 (Indirect Speech): The correct answer is Rohan said that he might do whatever he liked.

    • Question 25 (Duration of Suffering): The correct answer is for.

    • Question 26 (Formal Accusation): The correct answer is indictment.

    • Question 27 (Pro Bono): The correct answer is for the public good.

    • Question 28 (His own volition): The correct answer is volition.

    • Question 29 (Passive Voice): The correct answer is Why wasn't the matter brought to my notice?

    • Question 30 (Improvement of Sentence): The correct answer is Why he wrote the letter was because he could not contact him over the phone.

    • Question 31 (Age Calculation): The correct answer is 1 year.

    • Question 32 (Bus Distance): The correct answer is 250 km.

    • Question 33 (Percentage of Broken Rice Bags): The correct answer is 36.95%.

    • Question 34 (Compound Interest): The correct answer is  2398.

    • Question 35 (Students Who Passed): The correct answer is 60%.

    • Question 36 (Ratio of Numbers): The correct answer is 8 and 12.

    • Question 37 (Profit Percentage): The correct answer is 12.5%.

    • Question 38 (Winning Candidate Percentage): The correct answer is 57%.

    • Question 39 (Odd One Out): The correct answer is 14.

    • Question 40 (Days to Plough): The correct answer is 10 days.

    • Question 41 (High-Level Panel): The correct answer is Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

    • Question 42 (Social Media Ban Bill): The correct answer is India.

    • Question 43 (Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha): The correct answer is Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

    • Question 44 (Champions League): The correct answer is Manchester City.

    • Question 45 (State's MoU): The correct answer is Tamil Nadu.

    • Question 46 (Turkish President): The correct answer is Recap Erdoğan.

    • Question 47 (Food Museum Location): The correct answer is Pune.

    • Question 48 (Election Commission Member): The correct answer is Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.

    • Question 49 (Project Cheetah): The correct answer is South Africa & Kenya.

    • Question 50 (Earth Hour): The correct answer is WWF.

    • Question 51 (Playback Singer): The correct answer is Anup Jalota.

    • Question 52 (Nobel Prize Professor): The correct answer is Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    • Question 53 (N.C.W Chairperson): The correct answer is Rekha Sharma.

    • Question 54 (2024 Paris Olympics Torchbearer): The correct answer is Abhinav Bindra

    • Question 55 (Political Party): The correct answer is Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

    • Question 56 (Best Animated Film): The correct answer is Spider-man: Across the spider-verse.

    • Question 57 (Kavach Technology): The correct answer is Cryptocurrency.

    • Question 58 (FAME Scheme): The correct answer is Cottage industry.

    • Question 59 (Chatbot Name): The correct answer is Bard.

    • Question 60 (Assam Chief Minister): The correct answer is Himanta Biswa Sarma.

    • Question 61 (Vijay Hazare Trophy Winner): The correct answer is Tamil Nadu.

    • Question 62 (Shopping Technology): The correct answer is Amazon.

    • Question 63 (Oscars Best Actor): The correct answer is Bradley Cooper

    • Question 64 (Hambantota Port): The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

    • Question 65 (German Football Legend): The correct answer is Franz Beckenbauer.

    • Question 66 (South Asian Same-Sex Marriage): The correct answer is Nepal.

    • Question 67 (OpenAI Founder): The correct answer is Sam Altman

    • Question 68 (Al City): The correct answer is Bengaluru.

    • Question 69 (Strongest Currency): The correct answer is Kuwaiti Dinar.

    • Question 70 (Chief Defence Staff of India): The correct answer is General Bipin Rawat.

    • Question 71 (Human Rights Day): The correct answer is adoption of the UDHR.

    • Question 72 (RIT Foundation Case): The correct answer is live-in relationships.

    • Question 73 (Uniform Civil Code enactment): The correct answer is not included.

    • Question 74 (Trespass to Chattels): The correct answer is Rajesh may not sue Naresh for trespass to chattel as no actual harm resulted from his actions.

    • Question 75 (Pendente Lite): The correct answer is while the case is pending.

    • Question 76 (Lok Sabha): The correct answer is 552 members.

    • Question 77 (Caveat Emptor): The correct answer is let the buyer beware.

    • Question 78 (Consequences of Pole Case): The correct answer is Sarah is liable for negligence.

    • **Question 79 (First Chief Information Commissioner):**The correct answer is Wajahat Habibullah.

    • Question 80 (Minorities): The correct answer is neither true nor false.

    • Question 81: The correct answer is Article 214.

    • Question 82 (Restraint of Marriage): The correct answer is the agreement is void because it was restraint of marriage.

    • Question 83 (Respondeat Superior): The correct answer is Employers liable for the tortious acts of their employees.

    • Question 84 (Odd One Out): The correct answer is International Court of Justice.

    • Question 85 (Doctrine of Frustration): The correct answer is Contract Law.

    • Question 86 (Nemo Judex): The correct answer is No person can be a judge in his own cause.

    • Question 87 (Cause List): The correct answer is a list of matters to be heard by the court on any day.

    • Question 88 (Financial Emergency): The correct answer is Article 360.

    • Question 89 (UNCCC): The correct answer is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.

    • Question 90 (Sound Mind): The correct answer is Mr. X can enter into contract but the burden is on Mr. X to prove that he was of sound state of mind at the time of contract.

    • Question 91 (Triple Talaq): The correct answer is Shayara Bano vs. Union of India.

    • Question 92 (Wetlands): The correct answer is Ramsar.

    • Question 93 (Testator): The correct answer is a person who makes a will.

    • Question 94 (Oldest High Court): The correct answer is High Court of Madras.

    • Question 95 (Food articles): The correct answer is The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

    • Question 96 (International Criminal Court): The correct answer is Rome Statue.

    • Question 97 (Vicarious Liability): The correct answer is Article 300.

    • Question 98 (Digital Records): The correct answer is Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

    • Question 99 (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita): The correct answer is Causing grievous hurt.

    • Question 100 (Innuendo): The correct answer is Defamation.

    • Question 101 (UN Security Council members): The correct answer is 15 members.

    •   Question 102 (Forensic Investigation): The correct answer is 7 years.

    • Question 103 (Perjury): The correct answer is intentionally making false statements in a court of law.

    • Question 104 (International Treaty): The correct answer is International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

    • Question 105 (Data Protection): The correct answer is The European Union.

    • Question 106 (European Court of Human Rights): The correct answer is Strasbourg.

    • Question 107 (Defamation and Burden of Proof): The correct answer is D would be liable, since he could not prove the facts published by him.

    • Question 108 (Impeachment of President): The correct answer is the Lok Sabha.

    • Question 109 (Electoral Bonds): The correct answer is Association for Democratic Reforms v. Union of India.

    • **Question 110 (NHRC Chairperson):**The correct answer the Judge of the Supreme Court.

    • **Question 111 (Largest Country in South America):**The correct answer is Brazil.

    • Question 112 (Earthquakes): The correct answer is Seismology.

    • Question 113 (Country-Capital Matching): The matching pairs are Paraguay-Asunción, Morocco-Rabat, Ukraine-Kiev, and Kenya-Nairobi, respectively.

    • Question 114 (Civil Rights Leader): The correct answer is Martin Luther King Jr.

    • Question 115 (River Through Grand Canyon): The correct answer is Colorado River.

    • Question 116 (Bank Rate): The correct answer is the Reserve Bank of India gives credit to commercial banks.

    • Question 117 (Declaration of Independence): The correct answer is Thomas Jefferson.

    • Question 118 (Grand Old Man of India): The correct answer is Dadabhai Naoroji.

    • Question 119 (Queen of Pop): The correct answer is Madonna.

    • Question 120 (Non-Rectangular Flag): The correct answer is Nepal.

    • Question 121 (Last Language on Currency): The correct answer is Malayalam.

    • Question 122 (Largest Lake in Africa): The correct answer is Lake Victoria.

    • Question 123 (Shakespearean Character): The correct answer is Julius Caesar.

    • Question 124 (First Everest Climber): The correct answer is Reinhold Messner.

    • Question 125 (Veto Members): The correct answer is China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

    • Question 126 (Mughal Emperor): The correct answer is Shah Jahan.

    • Question 127 (Home Rule Movement Leader): The correct answer is Bal Gangadhar Tilak (or Motilal Nehru).

    • Question 128 (FIFA World Cup): The correct answer is Uruguay.

    • Question 129 (Shah Rukh Khan Disorder): The correct answer is Asperger syndrome .

    • Question 130 (Lungs of the Earth): The correct answer is Brazil.

    • Question 131 (Ukraine Disaster): The correct answer is Chernobyl disaster.

    • Question 132 (Largest Brain): The correct answer is Sperm Whale.

    • Question 133 (Pokhran-II PM): The correct answer is Rajiv Gandhi.

    • Question 134 (Raisina Hill): The correct answer is New Delhi.

    • Question 135 (First Indian PM to Die in Office): The correct answer is Lal Bahadur Shastri.

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